Cuso International | Organizational Development Advisors

Cuso International is a non-profit international development organization that works to improve the lives of people living with poverty and inequality around the globe. Each year we mobilize hundreds of volunteer professionals who work with local partners to create positive lasting change. Established in 1961, Cuso International is a registered charity in Canada and the United States.

Cuso International covers the following costs:

Return airfare and visa/permit costs

Accommodation while in the country

A modest living allowance while overseas

Modest support for accompanying partners and dependents going on placement with you for 12 months or longer (VOCE Project only)

The cost of required vaccinations, antimalarial medication, and health insurance

Access to the Employee Assistance Program during your placement and when you return

Travel and accommodation for the five-day pre-departure training course and in-country training orientation and again for a reintegration debriefing weekend after you return

Volunteers for International Cooperation and Empowerment Program

As Cuso International’s primary international program, VOICE will improve the economic and social well-being of poor and marginalized communities in targeted countries. VOICE contributes to Canada’s commitment to promoting sustainable economic growth, access to health services, and gender equality and social inclusion around the globe.

The Midwives Save Lives initiative will help reduce deaths and illness in women and their newborns and ensure safe childbirth by strengthening the availability, access to and quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health services delivered through midwives